Dictionary Entry
halcyon
halcyon is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
- 2adjective
Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.
- 3adjective
Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy.
- 4noun
a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves
- 5noun
a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World
- 6noun
(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
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- 7adjective
marked by peace and prosperity
"a golden era"
"the halcyon days of the clipper trade"
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- 8adjective
idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity
"a halcyon atmosphere"
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